Brush.



' 110,878,748. PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908'.

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BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED-SEPT. 4. 1906.

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WITNESSES III VEII-TUR 4 fro/Mrs L l JOSEPH F. SOANLAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11,1908.

Application filed September 4.1906- Serial No. 333072.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH F. SCANLAN, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to brushes and particularly to brushes for cleaning horses and other animals, and the object thereof is to provide an improved brush of this class which involves an endless belt which carries the brush material, said belt being mounted on rollers mounted in a suitable frame, and

one or more of which is geared in connection with a driving shaft which passes through a handle connected with said frame and by 20' means of which the brush is manipulated; a further object being to provide an improved brush of the class specified which may be,

used for cleaning carpets, floors and walls of buildings and for many other purposes.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a brush made according to my invention; Fig. 2 a side view thereof looking in the direction of the arrowac of Fig. l Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 1 of one of the rollers which carries the endless belt brush; and, Fig. 4 a transverse sec tion on an enlarged scale of said roller and showing a part of the brush thereon; Fig. 4 is a partial perspective view showing details of construction.

In the practice of my invention, as shown in the drawing, I provide a frame composed of side plates at and a with one of which is connected a handle?) through which is passed a driving shaft 0, and mounted in the opposite end portions of the frame are two rollers d on which is mounted an endless belt brush e. One of the rollers d, in the form of construction shown, is provided with a gear wheel f, and the inner end of the driving shaft 0 is provided with a corresponding gear wheel 9 which meshes with the wheel f, and in practice a flexible shaft or driver is connected with the outer end of the shaft 0 at c and operated by any suitable motor or power device, so as to rapidly revolve the rollers d and carry the endless belt brush 6 around said rollers, the method of operating my improved brush being similar to that of operating an ordinary clipping machine.

The plates a and a of the brush frame are provided in one end with longitudinal slots a through which the ends of the shafts of the corresponding roller (1 pass, and by means of this construction the said roller may be adjusted so as to take up any stretch or wear in the endless belt brush.

The rollers d are provided, in the form of construction shown, with an inclosing casing or covering (Z of rubber, rubber and canvas, or other suitable material, and these casings or coverings are preferably provided with longitudinal grooves and corresponding longitudinal ribs (1 which serve to prevent the endless belt brush from slipping 011 said rollers. The rollers d may also be provided with outwardly projecting flanges d on either end in order to keep the endless belt centrally located on the same. The endless belt brush e comprises a central body portion e of leather, an inner member 6 of leather, rubber or other suitable material, and an outer member 6 also composed of leather or other suitable flexible material. In the formation of this endless belt brush the outer member 6 is secured by cement or other means to the central body member 6 and the brush material e which is arranged in rows transversely of the belt consists of separate tufts of bristle or other suitable material folded centrally .and passed through holes in the outer member e and central body portion e of the brush and secured in place by wires 6 passed through the folds of the separate tufts 6 said wires being arranged transversely of the inner surface of the central portion 6 of the brush and being covered by the inner member a of the belt. The inner member a of the belt may be secured to the central part 6 thereof by cement, or by stitching, or in any desired manner and this is also true of the outer member 6 of the belt, but after the brush has been made in the manner described the outer member e of the belt is cut transversely as shown at e so as to form separate transverse members or strips 6 through which the transverse rows of brush material are passed, the ob'ect of this construction being to render the elt .more flexible and cause it to closely press upon the rollers d, and avoid slipping thereon. The side plates (1 and a of the brush frame are provided centrally with upwardly directed supports a and arranged transversely of the brush is a bar h having downwardly directed end members it by which said bar is secured to the u wardly directed sup orts a, the end mem ers k of the bar h eing provided with outwardly directed pins M,

which pass through vertically arranged slots in the supports a, and are provided with nuts 7L whereby the bar h may be adjusted toward and from the brush, and mounted on the bar h is a transversely curved plate 4., the edges of which are provided with downwardly and outwardly curved teeth 1' which are adapted to enter the brush material 6 for the urpose of cleaning the same when the brus is in operation, and the plate 1'. is provided with transverse slots t through which are passed screws '2, and by means of this construction the plate 'i provided with the teeth 4. may be tilted or turned on the bar it so as to throw the teeth at either side thereof into or out of connection with the brush material 6 all of which is clearly shown in Fig. 4

In the use of my improved device the handle 1) thereof is grasped in either one or both hands and the motor which drives the shaft 0 is put in operation and the brush is so held that the side thereof opposite the bar it will press on the horse or other object or thin to be cleaned, and the fact that the brus is flexible between the rollers 01 enables said brush to firmly press upon the surface to be cleaned and to yield to any irregularities therein, and it will be understood that the brush may be so manipulated as to thoroughly clean all parts of a horse or other animal, and in this 0 eration the .teeth t of the plate'i engages tlie brush material and remove therefrom hairs or other articles or substances which collect therein, and the brush is thus kept in a practically clean condition when in operation. It will be understood that the plate t, which carries the teeth i in the opposite sides thereof may be so tilted as to throw either set of teeth into the brush material, and when said plate is arranged in the manner shown in Fig. 2 both sets of teeth engage the brush material, the teeth on one side entering the brush material and the teeth on the other side pressing thereon, and said plate and its teeth thus form a comb for cleaning the brush as will be readily understood. The use of the comb, or the plate i provided with the teeth 11 however, is not an absolute essential feature as the brush may be cleaned in other ways.

My invention is not limited to any particular frame or support for carrying the rollers d and other forms of frames or supports may be employed, and other changes in and modi fications of the construction described may be made without sacrificingthe advantages of my invention or departing from the scope thereof as set out in the appended claims.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is z- 1; A brush, comprising a suitable frame or support, two rollers mounted therein, an endless belt brush mounted on said rollers, a handle connected with one side of said frame or support, and a driving shaft passing through said handle and geared in connection with one of said rollers.

2. A brush, comprising a suitable frame or support, two rollers mounted therein, an endless belt brush mounted on said rollers, a handle connected with one side of said frame or support, and a driving shaft passing through said handle and geared in connection with one of said rollers, said rollers being provided with a corrugated covering.

3. A brush, comprising a suitable frame or support, two rollers mounted therein, an endless belt brush mounted on said rollers, a handle connected with one side of said frame or support, and a driving shaft passing through said handle and geared in connection with one of said rollers, said rollers being provided with a corrugated covering having longitudinally arranged grooves and corresponding ribs.

4. In a device of the class described, an endless belt brush, comprising a central flexible member, an inner flexible member secured thereto, transversely arranged flexible strips connected with the outer side of the central flexible member and brush tufts which are passed through the transversely arranged outer flexible strips and through the central flexible member and secured.

5. A brush of the class described, comprising a frame, a handle connected there- -with, a driving shaft passing through said handle, rollers provided with outwardly extending flanges on either end mounted in said frame, an endless belt brush mounted on said rollers, means for driving the belt, and a comb transversely located to the brush and adapted to engage the same opposite the work engaging side.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 1st day of September, 1906.

JOSEPH F. SOANLAN.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, ERNEST A. HAGEN. 

